Hi everyone. Marianne and Dave from Ambler, Pennsylvania (right outside of Philadelphia). Are we crazy??? We have vacation time starting Oct.4, 2011. No plans as of yet. Came across the Camino de Santiago because we were thinking of going to Spain. (I usually plan a little further ahead but we weren't sure what we wanted to do) This looks like a fantastic adventure for us. I was reading alittle about different self-guided walking trips in a catalogue that I had and when I read about the Camino the I got chills and the hair stood up on my arms and I said "This is where we need to go"
We are both in our 60's (I just turned) and have done several self-guided walks in Italy, England, France and hike in the USA. So I want to keep moving to keep the old joint active.
I am overwhelmed by the many trails leading to the final destination and not quite sure how this all works. I think the best thing (once we decide which trail) suggestes VERY welcomed...might be to do a self-guided walk with one of the companies that do that (any suggestion would be appreciated - up to this point I have just googled self-guided tour groups). Since we are short on time this will probably be the less stressful thing.
HELP with:
Need suggestions on which paths to do as a first timer and in the month of OCT.
Any walking companies anybody has used for self-guided walking
Best place to fly into from the USA to get to our starting point
We usually like to get to a country a few days before our hike begins to get accustomed to the place and get our hiking legs going.
I think once I get a jumping off point I might be able to get it together in a month???
While I wait for replies I will try to read as many posts as I can. Just wanted to post as soon as I came across this site. So sorry if my questions are redundant with what others have asked.
Thanks in advance.
Marianne
We are both in our 60's (I just turned) and have done several self-guided walks in Italy, England, France and hike in the USA. So I want to keep moving to keep the old joint active.
I am overwhelmed by the many trails leading to the final destination and not quite sure how this all works. I think the best thing (once we decide which trail) suggestes VERY welcomed...might be to do a self-guided walk with one of the companies that do that (any suggestion would be appreciated - up to this point I have just googled self-guided tour groups). Since we are short on time this will probably be the less stressful thing.
HELP with:
Need suggestions on which paths to do as a first timer and in the month of OCT.
Any walking companies anybody has used for self-guided walking
Best place to fly into from the USA to get to our starting point
We usually like to get to a country a few days before our hike begins to get accustomed to the place and get our hiking legs going.
I think once I get a jumping off point I might be able to get it together in a month???
While I wait for replies I will try to read as many posts as I can. Just wanted to post as soon as I came across this site. So sorry if my questions are redundant with what others have asked.
Thanks in advance.
Marianne